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'Zyara' offers insight into the personal testimonies of individuals who have experienced and overcome a wide range of social challenges through courage, perseverance and resilience.
'Zyara' presents an innovative and deeply personal approach to storytelling. It offers an insight into the testimonies of individuals who have experienced and overcome a wide range of social challenges. The programme has a unique role to play in promoting social cohesion, underlining the qualities which people have in common, rather than those which set them apart. The aim of this documentary series is to promote oneness, tolerance and acceptance by visiting people, meeting them in their personal environment, talking to them heart to heart, listening to their most cherished stories, the memories that marked them the most, feeling their deepest emotions, sharing their dreams and their vision of life. Although each one of us is different, although each one is unique, our stories, feelings and emotions are similar, and they make us one in the end.

Credits

Director
Muriel Aboulrouss
Screenwriter
Denise Jabbour, Muriel Aboulrouss
Producer
Denise Jabbour
Production Company
Home of Cine-Jam

About the Director

Muriel Aboulrouss
Muriel Aboulrouss is a multiple award-winning cinematographer from Lebanon. Her extensive cinematography credits include numerous feature documentaries, films, and web series. ‘Zyara’, the award-winning documentary web series, marks her first creation as a director and cinematographer, in partnership with Denise Jabbour and produced by their humanitarian arts association, Home of Cine-Jam. Muriel
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